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Ishaan Madaan

Ishaan Madaan

Associate
New York
About

Ishaan Madaan is a dual-qualified attorney focusing his practice on litigation and international arbitration.

He represents private corporations in connection with international arbitrations under leading institutional arbitration rules, including those of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) and JAMS.

Ishaan also has a decade’s experience in dispute resolution spanning commercial arbitration, civil and corporate litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in India. He has previously represented a number of clients in multi-million dollar commercial and construction arbitrations and has served as a court-appointed Arbitrator. He has also advised clients from the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Areas of FocusInternational ArbitrationLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Bar admissionsIndiaNew York

EXPERIENCE

Representative Matters

Arbitration

  • Represented UpHealth Holdings in  an ICC arbitration against its Indian subsidiary, seated in Chicago with Indian law applicable, where the tribunal awarded up to $110 million in damages against the subsidiary’s directors and certain shareholders.
  • Representing a BVI crypto-mining company in a USD 20+ million JAMS arbitration against a US entity, seated in Kentucky.
  • Represented Austrian and German entities in an ICC arbitration against US entities, seated in Massachusetts.
  • Represented a UAE construction company in a DIAC arbitration instituted by a sub-contractor in Dubai, UAE.
  • Represented a leading construction company in arbitration arising out the construction of a sovereign’s parliament building.
  • Represented a leading Indian construction company in arbitrations arising out of highway construction projects.
  • Represented a profession-governing statutory body in claims arising out of a Build-Operate-Transfer Agreement for a tech portal, and successfully defended against a multi-million-dollar counterclaim.
  • Assisted in an LCIA commercial arbitration relating to the construction of a tram system in the Middle East.
Languages
  • English
  • Hindi
Education
  • LL.M., International Arbitration, University of Miami School of Law 2019
    FDI Moot Scholar
  • University of Pune

Bylines

  • Crossroads of Insolvency and Arbitration, edited by Ishaan Madaan and Christian Campbell, A Wolters Kluwer Book
  • Insolvency and International Arbitration – An Alternate Perspective, Kluwer Arbitration Blog
  • A Dialogue on International Arbitration and Insolvency, Kluwer Arbitration Blog
  • India, Brazil Ink Novel Investment Treaty: Is Dispute Prevention the Way Forward?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog

PRESENTATIONS, ATTENDANCE AND SEMINARS

  • Observer Representative at United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) Session, New York, 2023 and 2024.
  • Observer Representative at United Nations Commission on International Trade Law’s Working Group III (Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform) Session, New York, 2023 and 2024.
  • Guest lecturer, George Washington University Law School on Insolvency in the context of arbitrations, 2022 and 2023.
  • Co-host and Moderator, London International Disputes Week’s event on Arbitration and Insolvency - An Inescapable Clash of Cultures, 2021.
  • Guest Lecturer,UPES School of Law’s Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration, 2020-2022.
  • Central Organizing Group member at 2021 Chartered Institute of Arbitrator’s YMG ADR World Tour – Arbitration and Mediation as a Global Force for Good, moderating and hosting events in Asia, Caribbean and India, 2021.
  • Organizer-moderator, Arbinsol’s webinar on International Arbitration in the post-pandemic world, 2020.
  • Organizer-moderator, ‘A Dialogue on International Arbitration and Insolvency’ mini-series featuring leading academics and international arbitrators, 2020.
  • Organizer-moderator, The Big Third-Party Funding Debates featuring top third-party funders, academics and counsel, 2020.
  • Organizer-moderator, Diversity in International Arbitration – Broadening the Scope, 2020.
  • Speaker at FDI Prague Pre-Moot Roundtable on Investment Arbitration, 2020.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Co-Chair, Events and Conferences at Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (R.E.A.L.)
  • Young ICCA
  • Founded Arbinsol as an idea to promote dialogue on the intersection of arbitration and insolvency

My latest insights

News
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DLA Piper secures significant ICC arbitration win for UpHealth Holdings

22 March 2024 .2 minute read

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+1 212 335 4769
(Work, New York)
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